‘Don’t Tell Lawyer’: Delco Immigration Officer Took Cash In Recorded Bribery Scheme, Feds Say
A former federal immigration officer admitted to taking bribes from immigrants in exchange for promises to fix their status, the FBI announced on Thursday, April 2.
Amara Dukuly, 44, of Woodlyn, Delware County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the bribery of a public official, U.S. Attorney David Metcalf said on Wednesday, March 25.
Dukuly, who worked as a fraud detection and national security officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, used his position from approximately 2015 through his arrest in June 2025 to solicit payments from individuals seeking help w…
ICE Detains Brazilian Trump Supporter, Influencer In NJ: Report
Júnior Pena has been vocal about his support for President Donald Trump and in a series of social media posts, told immigrants they had nothing to worry about, as long as they weren't criminals.
On Saturday, Jan. 31, Pena was arrested by ICE agents in Long Branch, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said. He is being detained at Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, according to The Guardian.
"I [support] Donald Trump, I like the guy," Pena, who has lived in the US since 2009, said.
According to the Brazilian Times, Pena was taken into custody a…
Man Robbed People Posing As ICE Agent: Newark PD
A 44-year-old Newark man was arrested and charged with posing as an immigrant agent to rob people, authorities announced Wednesday, Jan. 28.
At 3:34 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 22, a man said he was walking along the street when Julio Garcia Barrera drove by in a dark-colored SUV, exited his vehicle, shone a flashlight on the man and said he was an immigration officer, pointing to an emblem on his sweatshirt, Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda, Sr. said.
Barrera then placed the man against a vehicle, searched him, and removed approximately $500.00 out of the man’s wallet, Miranda…
Saddle River Billionaire, Mediacom Founder Rocco Commisso Dies At 76
Rocco B. Commisso, one of New Jersey’s richest residents and the billionaire founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Mediacom Communications, has died at age 76, the corporation announced in a statement that also ran as his obituary on the Vander Plaat Vermeulen Memorial Home website.
Commisso, of Saddle River, NJ, was listed on the Forbes 400 and had a reported net worth of $5.6 billion in 2025, according to Forbes. He was widely regarded as one of the most successful Italian immigrant entrepreneurs in the nation’s history, Mediacom said.
Born in 1949 in Marina di G…
